Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 63
जय रुद्र विरूपाक्ष जयाचिंत्य निरंजन । जय नाथ कृपासिंधो जय भक्तार्तिभञ्जन । जय दुस्तरसंसारसागरोत्तारण प्रभो
jaya rudra virūpākṣa jayāciṃtya niraṃjana | jaya nātha kṛpāsiṃdho jaya bhaktārtibhañjana | jaya dustarasaṃsārasāgarottāraṇa prabho
Victoire à Toi, ô Rudra, Seigneur aux yeux immenses ! Victoire à Toi, l’Inconcevable, le Sans-tache ! Victoire à Toi, ô Nātha, océan de compassion ! Victoire à Toi, qui brises la détresse des dévots ! Victoire à Toi, ô Seigneur, qui fais traverser aux êtres l’océan du saṃsāra, si difficile à franchir !
Devotee/worshipper (stotra)
Scene: A devotee with folded hands chants ‘Jaya Rudra’ before a luminous liṅga; Śiva appears as Virūpākṣa—wide-eyed, ash-smeared, with crescent moon and Gaṅgā—standing at the edge of a vast ocean symbolizing saṃsāra, extending a hand as a ferryman.
FAQs
Śiva is approached as the compassionate liberator who removes suffering and grants deliverance from saṃsāra.
No explicit tīrtha is named; the verse emphasizes Śiva’s saving grace, a theme common to many Śiva-kṣetras.
Devotional praise and supplication, focusing on Śiva’s mercy and liberating power.